Ben Butler, co-founder and data-preneur, data for farmers!

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Benjamin Butler about his work at Soil Benchmark and the use of open data for farmers.

In this episode we had a conversation with co-founder and Chief Science Officer Benjamin (Ben) Butler, from Soil Benchmark. We covered his transition from academia to entrepreneurship, we talked about Soil Benchmark and how it leverages open data to deliver interactive maps that serve farmers in the UK, and we cover cool data projects that the company is engaged on to continue delivering data value to its user base.

People in this episode

Guest: Benjamin Butler

Topics covered

• data
• agriculture
• entrepreneurship
• open data

Keywords

• Soil Benchmark
• interactive maps
• data projects
• UK farmers

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Soil Benchmark

Places: UK

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